AMES, Iowa -- The Center for Transportation Research and
Education (CTRE) in Iowa State University's Research Park
will host Iowa's first Access Management Conference May 7-8
at the Gateway Holiday Inn in Ames.

Access management involves managing how, where and when
vehicles can turn onto or off of a road. Nearly half of all
traffic accidents are access related. Access managed roads
decrease the average number of accidents because they operate
better and provide motorists with less delay and
congestion.

The conference will offer training sessions by CTRE and
national experts. The presentations will emphasize the
impacts and benefits of access management, the best access
management practices, how to market access management and how
to involve the public.

For more information about the conference or for a
registration brochure, contact CTRE at (515) 294-8103.